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Church of St. John the Apostle in Ivane-Puste
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Ivane-Puste is a village with a population of about 2,000 people located in Borshchiv district in the south of the Ternopil region. The wooden church of St. John the Apostle, built in 1775, is a work of the Podolia school of folk architecture.
Unfortunately you can’t see the skill of carpenters of the past – the church is covered with a tin sarcophagus in order to preserve the monument. Ivane-Puste on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Church of the Relentless Help of Our Lady in Trybukhivtsi
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Trybukhivtsi is a large village with a population of about 4,000 people located in Buchach district of the Ternopil region. The main and in fact the only attraction of the village is the stone Catholic Church of the Relentless Help of Our Lady built in 1904-1923.
In Soviet times, the building was first used as a granary, and then as a garage. In 1992, the church was returned to local Catholics. Trybukhivtsi on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Jesuit Monastery in Kremenets
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
The majestic complex of buildings of the Jesuit church, monastery and collegium, built in the Baroque style, is the architectural dominant of Kremenets, a small town with a population of about 20 thousand people located in the Ternopil region.
In the 18th-19th centuries, it was one of the largest centers of education in Podillya and Volyn lands. Teachers for the Jesuit schools were trained in the collegium. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: Kremenets city · Ternopil oblast
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Museum of Folk Architecture in Pyrohiv – Polissya
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Culture, Travel
Polissya is a historical-cultural and physico-geographical region located on the territory of the Polesian Lowland.
It is mainly located in the south of Belarus and the north of Ukraine, but also partially covers the territories of the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland and the Bryansk region of Russia.
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Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kremenets
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Travel
Kremenets is a town with a population of about 20 thousand people located in the Ternopil region. Here you can find more than 50 historical and cultural monuments: ruins of the castle, ensembles of the monastery and collegium, Epiphany and Nikolaev cathedrals, residential buildings.
Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Baroque style was originally built as a church of the Franciscan monastery in 1631. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
one of the oldest churches in Kremenets
Tags: Kremenets city
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Neo-Gothic Castle-Palace in Bilokrynytsya
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Bilokrynytsya is a village with a population of about 2,000 people located in Kremenets district of the Ternopil region, 1 km from the town of Krements.
The main and only attraction of the village is a beautiful castle-palace built in the style of English neo-Gothic by the landlord A. Chosnovsky in the middle of the 19th century.
Tags: Kremenets city · Ternopil oblast
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Ancient Castle in the Town of Ostroh
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Ostroh, first mentioned in 1100, is a small town with a population of about 13 thousand people located in the Rivne region, 48 km south-east of Rivne.
The most famous landmark of the town is the Ostroh Castle standing on a hilltop. The castle was built on the site of the wooden fortifications of the times of Kievan Rus, destroyed by the Mongols in 1241. Ostroh on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
explore the remains of the castle
Tags: fortress · Rivne oblast
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Church of St. Dmitry in Kozyari
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions
Kozyari is a village with a population of about 200 people located in Podvolochisky district of the Ternopil region. The main attraction of the village is a magnificent wooden church of St. Dmitry built in 1645.
The building stands on the cemetery, near a new stone church, in the northern part of the village. Kozyari on Google Maps. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Tags: church · Ternopil oblast
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Castle in Budaniv used as a psychiatric hospital
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Budaniv is a village with a population of about 1,500 people located in Terebovlya district of the Ternopil region.
The main attraction of the village is a stone castle built in the early 17th century on the site of the burnt wooden castle.
Tags: fortress · Ternopil oblast
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Museum of Folk Architecture in Pyrohiv – the Dnieper Region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Culture, Travel
Pyrohiv (also known as Pirogovo) is one of the most famous open-air museums in Ukraine located on the outskirts of Kyiv. It provides a unique opportunity to get acquainted with all ethnographic regions of Ukraine.
Podnіprovya or Naddnіpryanschina is a historical and geographic region located on the left and right sides of the Dnieper River as well as adjacent land along its major tributaries (the Pripyat, Desna). Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
folk architecture of the Dnieper region